Sinopsis is a project implemented by the non-profit association AcaMedia z.ú., in scholarly collaboration with the Department of Sinology at Charles University in Prague. It aims to present a regular overview of developments in China and its impacts on the outside world from the perspectives of Czech, Chinese, and international observers.
The arrest of Huawei’s executive in Poland on espionage charges could have a ripple effect globally, but Beijing has so far responded with caution. After years of unfulfilled promises, Beijing’s leverage is limited as Warsaw realigns itself more closely with Washington.
Old friends of China cultivated by the CCP International Liaison Department come in handy in the Huawei dispute, despite the issue being somewhat outside of their regular competences.
Arrest of Huawei’s executive in Poland on spying charges raises the stakes in the region.
A public warning by the Czech cyber watchdog is met with some heavy-handed PRC diplomacy.
And an academic disclosing the mechanism gets caught in its crosshairs.
In New Zealand, Anne-Marie Brady, an academic who investigated the CCP’s influence in local politics has become the target of a series of incidents which, taken together with attacks from Party-directed media, are consistent with an intimidation campaign.
Much like in the Czech Republic, CEFC in Georgia touted investments that never came, and coopted local political elites – with the help of some colorful characters.
Interview with Magnus Fiskesjö, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University and former Director of the Stockholm Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities.
“Terror capitalism” and digital dictatorship are attempting to eliminate a whole culture before our eyes.
Repurposing the parliamentary system through party donations.
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